THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Colonel Brooks' Tavern Restaurant Review

: Located just a few blocks from Catholic University, this Washington mainstay has seen probably every local celeb and ordinary DCer imaginable. It does not offer a high-brow menu, by any means, but what you will find is Southern-style cooking with loads of flavor. You can start with its trademark Redskins (named for the football team? Unlikely) topped with cheese, bacon and sour cream, or go less-fatty with steamed shrimp. Entrées span the light fare of sandwiches (great burgers, by the way, including a turkey burger) to full plates of wild mushroom pasta and Eastern Shore chicken. Keep space open for dessert; you may be lucky enough to find the Key lime pie on the menu.